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Frances Collins was at the head of the Human Genome Project which succeeded in sequencing human DNA, and it is therefore not ‘hype’ when he is referred to as ‘one of the world’s leading scientists.’ This book is both a narrative of his conversion from agnosticism to Christ and a compelling apologetic for not merely the compatibility of science and Christian faith, but their complementarity. It is therefore a must read in the project of ‘Re-Faithing Science.’ It contains very succinct treatments of atheism, agnosticism, young-earth creationism, Intelligent Design and his preferred view of theistic evolution. His rejection of ID and preference for theistic evolution is based on both scientific and theological grounds, and though at times one wishes for more detail (the scope and intended audience of this work is more popular), his treatment is a compelling one. The crucial points of his argument are (i) that ID fails to qualify as a scientific theory, and that (ii) ID finds necessary an invoking of the rather unconvincing ‘God of the gaps’ approach … ‘ID portrays the Almighty as a clumsy Creator, having to intervene at regular intervals to fix the inadequacies of His own initial plan for generating the complexity of life (pp. 193-4).’